READING POETRY READING POETRY LI AN INTRODUCTION TO

READING POETRY

READING POETRY • LI: AN INTRODUCTION TO READING AND ENJOYING POETRY! • SC: I CAN SELECT AND READ DIFFERENT POEMS. • I CAN SHOW AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT A POEM IS ABOUT. • I CAN DESCRIBE MY FEELINGS TOWARDS A POEM. • I CAN EVALUATE BY EXPLAINING WHAT I LIKED OR DIDN’T LIKE ABOUT A POEM. • I CAN READ AND ENJOY POETRY!

REFLECTING ON POETRY • ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN SENTENCES. • NAME ONE POEM THAT YOU LIKE. IF YOU REMEMBER ANY LINES FROM IT, WRITE THEM DOWN. • NAME AS MANY POETS AS YOU CAN. • HAVE YOU EVER HEARD POETRY READ LIVE? • WHAT IS POETRY? • HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT POETRY? • HAVE YOU EVER WRITTEN A POEM FOR YOURSELF? WHY OR WHY NOT? • HAVE YOU EVER WRITTEN OR SHARED A POEM WITH SOMEONE ELSE? WHY?

READING POETRY • READ THROUGH A POETRY BOOK – OR SEARCH FOR POEMS ONLINE. READ 3 -4 POEMS. WHEN YOU HAVE FINISHED READING A POEM: • 1. WRITE THE TITLE AND POET. • 2. WRITE A LINE OR TWO EXPLAINING WHAT THE POEM IS ABOUT. • 3. WRITE DOWN THREE LINES/PHRASES THAT YOU ENJOYED IN THE POEM. • 4. WRITE DOWN HOW THIS POEM MADE YOU FEEL.

POETRY APPRECIATION: A POEM YOU ENJOY TASK: CHOOSE A POEM THAT YOU ENJOYED AND CREATE A POSTER OR A PRESENTATION ABOUT THAT POEM. • YOU SHOULD INCLUDE: • 1. THE NAME OF THE POEM AND THE POET • 2. AN EXPLANATION OF WHAT THE POEM IS ABOUT. • 3. THREE QUOTES FROM THE POEM • 4. FOR EACH QUOTE, A REASON WHY YOU FIND IT EFFECTIVE – WHAT MAKES IT SO INTERESTING OR EMOTIVE? WHAT DOES THE QUOTE MAKE YOU THINK OF? • 5. OVERALL, WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THIS PARTICULAR POEM? HOW DOES IT

POETRY EXTENSIONS 1. Choose a poet and do some research about them. Write down some key facts of what you have learned. 2. Write your own poem. This can be about anything you like. Remember, it doesn’t have to rhyme. Use some other poets as inspiration.